How does benito's conversation with camila, the camp director, at the end of his first work day act as foreshadowing? a.) it builds tension for benito by suggesting that he might not even get paid for all his hard work if the camp goes bankrupt. b.) it suggests that the camp director is really counting on a good performance, which puts pressure on benito. c.) it prepares the reader for the harsh criticism camila given benito later in the story, which puts causes tension between them. d.) it implies another reason why benito's cousin may have wanted to leave the job, which creates tension.

The answer is B.) it suggests that the camp director is really counting on a good performance, which puts pressure on Benito.

This question is about the short story Whistling My Troubles Away. When Benito took the job as a camp counselor, he did it for two reasons: to help his favorite cousin Luci and to make some extra money and buy himself a computer. Luci made it clear that the job was easy and all Benito was supposed to do was come up with a skit for the kids to perform by the end of two weeks.

When the camp director tells Benito the skit will be watched by a representative of a foundation, he gets nervous, believing he has to do a serious job coming up with a play. The conversation takes place after Benito’s first day, when he realized the kids were impossible to control.

Because of his nervousness, Benito starts whistling. This moment acts as foreshadowing since whistling is what helps Benito in the end. The kids are interested in learning how to whistle and Benito uses that as the skit. The representative is satisfied and agrees to fund the camp’s drama program. The camp director is grateful for his help and offers Benito a permanent position as a counselor.

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it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.